The 416 Fire grew more than 200 acres Tuesday, and its increased intensity and activity were a result of high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds, fire officials said Tuesday night. The...

A New Mexico filmmaker pleaded guilty Tuesday to obstruction of telephone service, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and could face six to 18 months in jail. Kody Dayish, a 30-year-old from Shiprock, New...

Linley Dixon has had a passion for farming since she was a kid. As a child, she would save her neighbor’s scraps and compost them in her backyard. “I think there’s a farmer’s gene,” she said. ...

Fire officials working on the 416 Fire 13 miles north of Durango warn that an increase in temperatures and dry and hot conditions could create a higher chance of smoke dispersal along U.S. Highway...

The 416 fire grew over 50 acres Saturday, totaling 34,278 acres. The fire remains 37 percent contained. Crews spent Saturday monitoring and improving existing fire lines, as well as working on...

Jan. 20 will forever stick in Elise Albosta’s mind. That is the day her husband, Andy, fell about 50 feet while rock climbing in Cascade Canyon. He was rescued by San Juan County Search and Rescue...

A National Incident Management Organization team assumed command of the 34,224-acre 416 Fire at 6 a.m. Friday. NIMO, a Type I team, has fewer personnel than the management team it replaced but has...

A Pagosa Springs man suspected of sexually assaulting a child was advised of possible charges and penalties Friday in District Court in La Plata County. Rodney Keller, 52, is being held in La Plata...

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a man suspected of two counts of unlawful sexual assault on a child. Fabine Scott, 31, of Farmington is accused of touching two 10-year-old girls on the...

HERMOSA – After two weeks of thick smoke from the 416 Fire, blue skies returned this week to northern La Plata County, disguising almost all evidence of the 34,000-acre fire that smolders below....